Manchin Joins Sinema in Announcing Opposition to Abolishing Filibuster
Joe Manchin, conservative U.S. Senator, on Thursday joined his right-wing Democratic colleague Kyrsten Sinema in announcing his opposition to abolishing the Senate filibuster, progressive observers excoriated the pair — who recently supported a filibuster carve-out to raise the debt ceiling — for obstructing their party’s landmark voting rights legislation. Manchin (W.Va.) followed his Arizona colleague […]
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Hundreds of Thousands of Children Are Homeless — and the Problem Is on the Rise
This article was originally published in the Center for Public Integrity, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit investigative news organization. During the pandemic’s first year, schools across the country lost track of more than 400,000 homeless students. As schools opened their doors to in-person learning, the number of homeless students began to increase. However, the federal eviction […]
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More Afghans May Die From US Sanctions Than at the Hands of the Taliban
We look at how much more Afghans could die due to U.S. sanctions than the Taliban’s actions in Afghanistan, which is facing a grave humanitarian crisis. The U.S.’s attempts to block support for the new de facto government have prevented vital funding from flowing to the nation’s civil servants, particularly in education and the health […]
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Sanders, Warren Demand BlackRock Intervene in Coal Strike for Fair Contract
On Thursday, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) despatched a letter to the CEO of BlackRock, demanding that the large monetary agency, which owns a big portion of Warrior Met Coal, intervene on behalf of placing mine staff in Alabama. “We hope you recognize the form of circumstances that the […]
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Biden Decries Supreme Court Ruling That Blocks Vaccine Rules for Workers
On Thursday, President Joe Biden reacted to the Supreme Court’s decision to place a stay on a rule requiring that workers at large companies get vaccinated against COVID-19 or get tested for the virus weekly. Biden said that he was “disappointed” in the Court’s ruling, describing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) rule for […]
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Biden Urged to Eliminate Land-Based Nuclear Missiles as US Policy Is Revised
As the Biden administration considers changes to Trump-era nuclear policy, 60 national and regional organizations released a statement this week calling for the elimination of 400 land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) that are “now armed and on hair-trigger alert in the United States.” “Intercontinental ballistic missiles are uniquely dangerous, greatly increasing the chances that a […]
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In Face of Big Tech Censorship, Free Speech Alternatives Emerge Online
Big Tech players like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and YouTube are becoming more comfortable banning conservative voices from their platforms. Big Tech is open to censoring conservative speech. However, other platforms that allow free expression and are dedicated to free speech are beginning to fill the gap. The director of The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Technology […]
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Doctors Pressure Spotify to Crack Down on ‘Misinformation’
A group of 270 doctors wrote an open letter to audio streaming service Spotify asking the tech company to implement a COVID-19 misinformation policy following an episode of Joe Rogan’s podcast. The letter cites an episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience” in which Rogan interviewed prominent virologist Dr. Robert Malone who cast doubt on the efficacy and […]
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NY’s Schumer Shows Contempt for His Own State’s Voters
Senator Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has been trying to eliminate the filibuster rule in order to force two dangerous election bills through Congress. While the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act have many reckless, unwise provisions that would destroy the integrity and security of elections, there are two […]
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Politicizing COVID-19 From the Start
The pandemic was untied from politics as soon as COVID-19 was released. Political frenzy was inevitable as the SARS CoV-2 virus may have escaped a Wuhan security virology laboratory. The rapid-fire spread quickly threatened to indict China’s communist government for almost destroying the world economy, killing millions and more. Western elites, in response, feared that […]
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